Twenty Thousand Hertz+
Sound, Uncovered. The secrets, stories, and science behind what you hear.
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The Leaky Pipeline
A story within a story about pioneering women in audio.
25 min
102
Auditory Icons
Why are some device sounds pleasing, while others stress us out?
16 min
103
Progression Obsession
From Pachelbel's Canon, to the Ice Cream Changes, to the Four Chords, we examine the most-used chord changes in pop music.
25 min
104
SM7
How the Shure SM7 became one of the most game-changing vocal microphones of all time.
22 min
105
Minecraft
Crafting the music and sounds of Minecraft.
24 min
106
20th Century Fox
The history and future of the 20th Century Fox fanfare.
24 min
107
The Deterrent Tone
What happens when you get hit with a “sound cannon?”
20 min
108
I'm Lovin' It
Ba da ba ba ba.
23 min
109
Sound 101 with Bill Nye
Listen up! It’s time to go back to basics on the physics of sound.
22 min
110
Synesthesia
What’s it like to see sounds and taste names?
25 min
111
Sing Gently
How an internet choir connects singers around the world at a time when they can't sing together.
33 min
112
Sounds Worth Saving
Legendary music archivist Alan Lomax made it his life's work to preserve and promote the sounds of local culture.
24 min
113
Conlang
From Klingon to Elvish, what makes a good constructed language?
26 min
114
Space Audity
The mind-boggling technology behind space communication.
21 min
115
Sonic Utopia
What can we expect the future to sound like, and how can we build a sonic utopia?
25 min
116
Sound and Silence
The way we each experience sound depends on so many unique factors, from tiny receptors in our ears to the way we were taught to communicate.
48 min
117
Dies Irae
How a four-note melody from the 13th century became a movie soundtrack superstar.
26 min
118
Perfect Pitch
What's it like when every sound you hear—from the whir of the coffee grinder to the beep of the microwave—all sound like musical notes?
27 min
119
Tyrannosaurus FX
The sound design wizardry behind the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park, and how these sounds compare to what dinos REALLY sounded like.
23 min
120
Napster
The stunning rise and fall of Napster, and how it transformed the music industry in a few short years.
36 min
121
Vocal Discords
A diagnosis of vocal nodes is every singer's worst nightmare. But when nodes develop, is all hope truly lost?
21 min
122
Deepfake Dallas
Is your voice your own? Maybe not anymore.
22 min
123
The City That Never Sleeps
The link between chronic noise and chronic anxiety may be closer than we realize.
23 min
124
Tudum! It's Netflix
The never-before-told story behind the iconic Netflix sound.
21 min
125
McElroys, Mysteries and Me
The McElroy brothers, hosts of My Brother, My Brother and Me, compete in a heated and hilarious game of mystery sounds.
41 min